Happiness is knowing that whatever road in
life you are on,it will always lead you home.

Our Way of
Farming...

Farming on Oh Dang Farm is not the nostalgic country living from days
of old. These fields of green we view each day replaced the childhood
memories of what had been acres of gray shale mounds and deep, steep
sided channels of water left behind from strip mining for coal more
than sixty years ago.

To the east of what is now twenty year old reclaimed fields is a
hardwood forested "mountain" traveled by early Americans and
overlooks a river valley. A great place to raise a family in the 80's
and 90's and for finding lost items from travelers of old as well as an
arrowhead from time to time.

Multiple wifi and trail cameras placed around the farm help to keep up
with things that go on around the farm that we may miss. The automatic
recording features are great.

Internet access is critical on our farm for both traditional farming
information and for problem solving of animals, land maintenance, or
building projects.... Even for new ideas of recycling and efficient use
of farm resources.

No, this is not our parents style of small farming when a garden was a
necessity to put enough food on the table, the party line phone was the
only means of calling for help or posting the latest news, and
neighbors and friends were your main sources when doing a "search" for
the latest animal husbandry and care information.

It is farming by choice; not a chore and tedius, but, exciting and full
of great experiences and adventure. We hope to share our sense of
excitement and enjoyment of farming with you on these pages.

Thanks for visiting!

New Goals and
New Look!

New
Fence, New Animals!

Major
changes took place on the farm in 2014. We doubled the spread to 80
acres total and fenced in twenty of them for 19 Lowline Angus Cows.
Read more about Lowline Angus here: American Lowline Registry

Plans for 2015 are to fence a
second pasture on another area of reclaimed strip mined land that now
has good grass growth. Raising
our own beef is exciting. As usual we are making some mistakes,
but, learning from them.

We made a difficult decision to sell our flock of Babydoll Sheep.
Having enjoyed raising sheep since FFA projects in the late 90's,
it will be a big change. We met many wonderful shepherds from
many states over the years and will miss that.